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Old 06-19-2019, 01:07 PM
 
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Founding fathers had no concept of America today nor did know additional states were coming. They didn't even know there was land past the Mississippi. Little relevance to today's world. Heck they failed to keep this country from dividing itself by allowing slavery after they all agreed "All men are created equal". Same problem we have with leaders today. Say one thing, let your actions do the opposite.

They created this country, that's as relevant as you can be in this country.
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Old 06-19-2019, 01:08 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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And to this day conservative Texans are still mad about the Emancipation Proclamation and their ancestors getting whipped good in the war.
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Stop it. There isn’t a single elected Republican today that would’ve belonged to the abolitionist movement. Not one.

If the Civil Rights Act had to pass Congress today, it wouldn’t garner a single Republican vote. McConnell wouldn’t even allow a vote on it.
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This is 2019 Snuffy. Ain’t the same Republican Party.

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Old 06-19-2019, 01:08 PM
 
Location: A Nation Possessed
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Founding fathers never intended the country to be ruled by a powerful federal government. We can still be united, but more autonomy given back to the states.
Yes, and that is definitely the direction we need to go. That's what many of the founding fathers preferred (largely the anti-federalists). My opinion is that it was a huge mistake to give the federal government all the power it now has.
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Old 06-19-2019, 01:10 PM
 
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Yes, and that is definitely the direction we need to go. That's what many of the founding fathers preferred (largely the anti-federalists). My opinion is that it was a huge mistake to give the federal government all the power it now has.

Basically like Europe with just a Schengen agreement and Maastricht treaty.
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Old 06-19-2019, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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So I wonder how much the Republicans went with the Democrats to provide that misery, such as when passing Jim Crow laws? Or passing anti-drug laws that targeted and arrested too many blacks?
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Old 06-19-2019, 03:07 PM
 
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Ouch? That hurt you? Because I didn’t feel anything from the words of that guy. Nothing.
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